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back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday.

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a large vibration cleaner (industrial class) works better ...
especially using old cleaning media that is well impregnated with the carbon
from the firearmshell casings that's it's used to clean (HK rifles casings
leave very dirty brass ... but the older the cleaning media, the better it
works).

sand blasting works pretty well if you have access to a rig and a form
to put the mail onto to hold it rigid. remember to turn it inside to get to
each surface). this works if the mail is really grunged out.

best way to clean it is not let it get rusted in the first place.
store wrapped up in a oil soaked towel out of the elements (i keep the towel
covered in a waterproof nylon stuff-sack). apply you favorite anti-rust ageant
in the field *before* it starts (i buy the surplus GI "gun grease"
and keep a rag soaked with it in the kit ... before putting it one, wipe it
down (especially in arm pit area) whan take off wipe it down again and put it
back in its wrappings). additionally, during the day the grease on the links
serves to coat and polish through as it's worn and the links shift. if it gets
wet, take it off and shoot it with WD40 and/or dry it over a fire (ever seen
mail "burn" ... grin) followed by WD40 and gun grease

using any of these methods is much less likely to torgue off a
business owner by possibly damaging a expensive piece of the hardware (dryer)
they make their livelyhood from. also less likely to generate negative PR for your
local group and the society as a whole.